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Graham Edward Schofield was one of a small number chosen to sit the final MBBS six months early and so graduated at the age of 21. He then became house surgeon to Professor Grey Turner at the British Postgraduate Medical School at Hammersmith Hospital for six months.

He joined the Royal Air Force Medical Service for three years and was posted overseas on active service in Palestine during the troubles there in 1947-8, and …